ASTER Activation

Once the installation id is created, the program will restart itself. A prompt will open and show you two options:

Make sure the computer has internet access. Click 2nd option if you have activation key and activate ASTER. Or click the 3rd button if you want to use ASTER in trial for 30 days.

If you are using internet through proxy, then you need to configure the ASTER to use proxy settings. For detailed information, click this link: Configure ASTER to use Proxy Server.

Assigning Monitors

Once ASTER is installed, you need to connect all monitor and set their native resolution. You also need to put all monitor in extended desktop mode. To do this, right click on the desktop and choose “Screen Settings” or “Screen Resolution” (depending on the OS version it is different). Once you open the window, set the necessary monitor settings. In windows 7, then settings window looks like this:

Now, open “ASTER” Control Panel and then click on “Workplaces” tab to assign monitors for each seat. The easiest way to assign monitors is to drag them into rectangular area under desired seat. The “Spare Parts” section contains unassigned devices including keyboard, mouse and monitors.

By default, when you start “ASTER” for the first time, all monitors are assigned to the first seat and some of them can be in “Spare Parts” section.

To know which monitor corresponds to each monitor in the settings of ASTER, you can check it from the device's tooltip but hovering over it or by clicking “Indicate Device” from the context menu for the monitor icon.

Enabling ASTER and launching the workplaces

After you complete step 1-3, you can enable “ASTER”. To do this, click the “Enable ASTER and reboot PC” button on the “General Settings” tab. After the computer restarts, ASTER will be enabled, but work places will not start working. You need to click “Start Workplaces” button to start the work places manually. This is required to test all work places status. Later, you can configure ASTER to automatically run the work places by selecting the desired launch option from the drop-down list:

Assigning Other Devices

You can assign other devices such as keyboard/mouse, game page and audio playback devices after ASTER is up and running. To assign these devices as well as monitors, simply drag and drop device's image under the desired workplace. When a device is active, it will be enclosed in blue frame on its image, like when you move mouse or press a key on the keyboard.